Fluoridating water denies personal choice

Saturday

When I read your Nov. 22 editorial, "Fluoridation is lacking," I said to myself, "Here we go again."

Susan Servais, the Massachusetts Health Council director quoted in the editorial, is so misinformed – or maybe hired by the company that produces fluoride.

In 2007, when Yarmouth selectmen decided to put fluoride in the town's water, I wrote a letter to your paper and the town of Yarmouth decided against fluoridation in the town's water supply.

Adding chemicals to our water is a very risky thing. As I said in 2007, all people should be in charge of any and all chemicals that they ingest. The risk of toxicity from fluoride should not be another thing to worry about.

Children often get fluoride in their vitamines. Fluoride rinses are administered by dentists, and most toothpastes have fluoride in the mix. The level of ingestion is controlled at home, as it should be.

Our lawns do not need fluoride. Our pets don't need fluoride. Ask the Silent Spring Institute about its research into chemicals on Cape Cod as they relate to women's health.

Fluoride is a medicine, and it should not be administered to the masses. That is tampering with freedom of choice.

Jeanette A. Jones

Forestdale

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